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NOS-B BAG.

Pate ited Nov. 18, 1884.

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OLIVER G. HAYWARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NOSE-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,256, dated November 18, 188%.

I Application filed May 6, IP84. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER C. HAYWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, New York, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Nose-Bag Straps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to an improved means of connecting feed-bags to horses heads.

The object of the invention is to produce a connection which can be readily attached and detached from a bag, which will gradually shorten to bring the food close to the horses mouth as the quantity becomes lessened, and by which the quantity of grain placed in the bag is automatically denoted.

NVith these ends in view the invention consists of two cylinders, designed to be suspended one on each side of a horses head, and provided with spiral springs secured within the said cylinders and having a depending chain attached to their lower ends and adapted to be detachably secured to the top of the bag. the strength of the spring and the length of the links of the chain being so regulated that the appearance of each link below the cylinder, after a certain point has been reached, will denote a weight equal to a quart of cats.

In order that those skilled in the art may know how to make and use my invention, I

will now proceed to describe the same in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device as applied to a nosebag, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section.

In the drawings, A represents the outer casing or body of the connection, which is preferably made of metal. It has acentral opening of a size to allow of the free movement of the spiral spring contained therein. The opening in the upper end is closed by a disk secured in place by any well-known means. The lower end of the tube is provided with a similar disk, having an opening for the passage of the chain which secures the strap to the bag.

The spring B is secured in place by having its end bent over the loop 0, which passes through the shell A, and also forms a con L the horse.

As shown in Fig. 1, each link of the chain,

after a certain distance from the end is reached,

and the appearance of each successive linkdenotes the deposit of a weight equal to that of a quart of oats.

I am aware that the broad idea of securing a nosebag to a horses head by means of springconnections, by means of which the same is drawn up as the foodis consumed, is not new; but in devices of this kind, so far as I am aware, the spring portion has been made an integral part with the bag, so that when the fabric composing the bag became worn out the compensating device became useless, while mine can be attached to any bag. and will outlast several of them; also, the connection between the spring and the horses head has been made by means of rigid rods, which,

if accidentally bent, rendered the free movement of the springs impossible; therefore,

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a connection for securing a nose-bag to a horses head, adapted to be placed one on each side of the animals head, consisting of the casing A, provided with a spring, B, the said spring being provided with a flexible connection adapted to be attached to a nose-bag, sub stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, the easing A, having the spring B secured therein,

and means, substantially as described, for connecting the casing to the horses head, and the chain D, secured to the spring, having its links numbered, the strength of the spring and the length of the links being so proportioned that the appearance of each link below the casing denotes the deposit of awcight equal I In testimony whereof I have herennto set my to a quart of cats. i hand and seal in the presence of two snbscribr0 3. The combination of the casing A, haw ing witnesses.

ing the spring B secured therein by means of OLIVER O HAYVARD S J 5 the loop 0, to which is also attached the strap E, and the chain D forming the connection be WVitnesses: tween the spring and the nose-bag, substan- Gnsrrlwn S. DRAOHMAN,

tially as and for the purpose set forth. I ALBERT L. PHILLIPS. 

